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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 387 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding sexually 

exploited and trafficked girls in the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 22, 2013 

Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. MENG, Mr. 

RANGEL, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM

of New Mexico, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. 

HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, Ms. 

FUDGE, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. BENTIVOLIO, Mr. VELA, 

Ms. CHU, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 

CLAY, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. FATTAH, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Mr. COHEN, Mr. KEATING, Ms. HAHN, Mr. PETERS of 

Michigan, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, 

Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mrs. 

WALORSKI, Mr. TONKO, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, 

Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. 

NOLAN, Ms. BASS, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, 

Mrs. ELLMERS, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. MORAN, Mr. 

HONDA, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Ms. CLARKE, Ms. ESTY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. 

MOORE, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Ms. TITUS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. JOHNSON of 

Ohio, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. JENKINS, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. PETERSON, Ms. 

SPEIER, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ

of California, and Ms. MATSUI) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

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ing sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the United 

States. 

Whereas most girls subjected to commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking come from a broken child welfare 

system or are runaway youth that were subsequently 

preyed upon by exploiters and traffickers; 

Whereas it is important to provide education for family, 

friends, and neighbors to understand that these girls are 

victims; 

Whereas survivors of domestic trafficking need support in 

their efforts to raise awareness on identifying trafficked 

girls and the systems of support that such girls require 

to heal from the complex trauma of sexual violence and 

exploitation; 

Whereas the same protections and supports available to victims of child abuse should be extended to child victims 

of trafficking; and 

Whereas exploited and trafficked girls are not ‘‘bad girls’’ or 

‘‘child prostitutes’’, but are victims of systemized rape 

who need the same legal supports and protections other 

rape victims are afforded: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 

2 efforts to— 

3 (1) provide protections and supports for sexu4 ally exploited and trafficked girls in the United 

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1 (2) create criminal or civil penalties for anyone 

2 who buys or sells a child through a system of child 

3 trafficking. 

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